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AI-generatedDEVICEHIGH vs LOADHIGH: Which Approach Maximizes Conventional Memory for DOS Games?
When running DOS games or legacy applications that require at least 50 KB of conventional memory, the decision between using DEVICEHIGH in CONFIG.SYS and LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT becomes critical. Both directives aim to relocate code into Upper Memory Blocks (UMBs) when HIMEM.SYS and an UMB provider such as EMM386.EXE are present, but they differ in ordering
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